Of course, the district could go the adult federal route and multiply by 10 for an even greater effect. But neither multiples - reductions over five years or ten - show the true net effect. For that you have to also sum the expenditures over the same period, and divide.

In the case at hand, the district's reported reductions are only 0.7% of the five years worth of expenditures. When viewed in those terms, the reductions are just a drop in the big tax bucket.